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UK To Be Iran's War Target?

(126 Posts)
Crumbly159 Fri 24-Jul-26 04:30:51

Could easily be.

Thanks to our politicians allowing America's military to use Britain as a launchpad for it's unhinged dictator President's hostile ambitions, notably the US Air Force, the Iranian's have now declared us a target.

And this is where all the bowing and scraping to America has got us.........

Farzanah Sun 26-Jul-26 15:05:27

Dear me.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 26-Jul-26 15:20:21

Indeed

Oreo Sun 26-Jul-26 15:22:18

Dear me that a school for young children was incorporated into a military base? Yes I agree wholeheartedly.

Oreo Sun 26-Jul-26 15:22:58

Very sadly mistakes happen in wars.

Oreo Sun 26-Jul-26 15:24:33

Fortunately so far there have been no other mistakes made by the US.

JenniRen Sun 26-Jul-26 15:57:02

Frenchgalinspain

With the huge changes taking place in The Buckingham Palace, this could rapidly cease to be as I have read King Charles is in hospital and King William & Princess Anne & Queen Katherine are in charge.

Read this on Facebook .. I normally take Facebook with a grain of salt however, it seems to be a strong possibility.

Even if true, that is not how a Constitutional Monarchy works!

King Charles was in a Tardis the other evening, which he probably needs as he seems to be multi-tasking this week.

Menopauselbitch Sun 26-Jul-26 16:26:28

Nothing to do with Trump. It’s come out today that they have been infiltrating our shores for a long time now with military men. Lots of people saw it happening but will deny it, at what cost.

Wyllow3 Sun 26-Jul-26 17:20:58

Who on earth is "they" in this context?

You've lost me.

PS - alcohol is banned in many Muslim countries. Being quite a toxic substance, it's hardly a "freedom" to get fraught over. It is also part of a strong Christian value system for some in our own country.

re headscarves: this has not changed since this report
www.iranintl.com/en/202511294430

Wyllow3 Sun 26-Jul-26 17:23:19

(That latter information is backed up by my Iranian friend whom I see once or twice a week at my gym - whose sister lives in Tehran and regular contact).

Babsbada Sun 26-Jul-26 18:27:43

The Iranian regime is a theocratic, misogynistic anti-western state which promotes unrest, fear and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond.
They terrify me.

greyfur Sun 26-Jul-26 19:09:04

Oreo

Very sadly mistakes happen in wars.

Are they "richly deserved"

Wyllow3 Sun 26-Jul-26 19:11:13

Babsbada

The Iranian regime is a theocratic, misogynistic anti-western state which promotes unrest, fear and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond.
They terrify me.

Actually the USA under Trump is pretty terrifying if you ask me, and I mean that, and millions of US citizens probably agree.

AGAA4 Sun 26-Jul-26 19:41:24

If we are in danger from Iran, which I doubt is any more than before, who caused it?

Maremia Sun 26-Jul-26 21:51:32

Is it just the same old, same old 'weapons of mass destruction' scare tactic, that took us into the Iraq war?

Maremia Sun 26-Jul-26 21:52:54

Have we heard an apology from Hegseth about that school bombing?

Wyllow3 Sun 26-Jul-26 22:48:00

They promised to "do an investigation as to how it could happen"

And we have yet to have any results.

***************

As regards reasons, it was

"we will free the people from this terrible regime".

and

"we will end the nuclear risk".

Oreo Sun 26-Jul-26 23:04:00

I can understand why the US government would need to investigate rather than hold their hands up immediately, but it was obviously a mistake due to faulty intelligence which they do need to acknowledge at some point.
Meanwhile they are cracking on with bombing legitimate targets within Iran.
I don’t think the UK is in danger from Iranian or other Muslim extremists any more than it always has been.

Oreo Sun 26-Jul-26 23:05:40

But good that we have such great intelligence services here, better than most countries.

Shinamae Sun 26-Jul-26 23:31:13

Menopauselbitch

Nothing to do with Trump. It’s come out today that they have been infiltrating our shores for a long time now with military men. Lots of people saw it happening but will deny it, at what cost.

And the small boats are now getting to be bigger boats and they come and they come and we don’t know who they are..
Don’t try and tell me that they just come in at Dover they will be coming on smaller boats probably all along that coast and just disappearing
I fear for this country I really do..

NotSpaghetti Mon 27-Jul-26 07:25:34

Obama's "Iran Deal" was covering the Nuclear issue.
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/328996

But of course Trump has a ridiculous hatred of anything linked to Obama so this is largely why we are in this mess now.

There would have still been independent monitoring if he hadn't wanted to be bigger and better!

Chocolatelovinggran Mon 27-Jul-26 08:17:40

I think that we might find it difficult to list the number of repressive regimes which were changed by bombing them.

Maremia Mon 27-Jul-26 08:37:30

Report this morning in The Guardian, saying that the US will have to pause the bombing, due to issues of replenishing munitions.

Maremia Mon 27-Jul-26 08:38:40

Also reported that Donny and Bibi are meeting for talks this Tuesday.

Delene100 Mon 27-Jul-26 10:51:19

Trump's US is also making enemies all over the world too. They are as bad as each other.

Wyllow3 Mon 27-Jul-26 13:11:48

Saudi Arabia have not yet responded to Trumps new insistence that they (Saudi's) will only get nuclear power if they drop the demand that there should be a Palestinian State.